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Address; THE PEOPLE,
Barnwell C. H., 3. C.
South Carolina Railroad.
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CHANGE OP SCHEDULE.
Up Day Passengers.
(This Train does not connect with Train for
Columbia at BranchTille.)
Le*re ChArl«Bto» — -
H.49 a to
44
BranchTille
9.66 a m
<1
Midway
10.20 a m
44
Bamberg
10.28 a m
44
Graham's
10.43 a m
44
Lee »
10.67 a ni
49
Blackville
11.03 ® ra
it
Elko
11.17 a m
it
Willistott
11.26 a m
41
Windsor
11.48 a m
it
Montmorenci
12.08 p m
it
Aiken
12.21 p m
Arm* AugugU
1.25 p m
Down Day Passengers.
(This Train does not eonnect with Train for
Columbia at Branehrille.)
Leave August*
Aiken
“ MontotOrencl
“ Windsor
“ W’illiston
jk 4 ' Elko
“ Blackville
Lee’s
“ Graham's
“ Bamberg
“ Midway
“ Branchville
Arrive Charleston
kiodt sxrnies.
Leave Charleston
Arrive Augusta
Leave Augusta
Arrive Charleston
Down Leave Blackville
Up Leave Blackville
Connects with Trains at
'umbia.
Lea
8.30 p m
4.40 p m
4.63 p m
6.18 p m
6.34 p nt
6.42 p m
5.59 p m
0.07 p m
0.21 p m
6.37 p m
0 46nm
7.26pm
lO.lOp m
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f *
10.15 p m
8 20 a m
7.30 p m
0.00 a m
11.26 p m
4.30 a in
Branchville for
tytcua ■—*
1. In w&fng te this office on fmtdnes® al.'
ways give your name *fidl , MtOftceaddreM t :
2. Business letter*end commanieat Ions to’
be published tnOnld be written on .separat^
sheets, and Oi4 obpcl of each clearly Indi-
eatod by aeaeadary net® when required.
3. Articles for publication should be wrll-
tt;n in a clear, legible hand, and on only one,
side of the page.
4. All changes in adterilaemahfn mutrt?
reach us on Friday.
Im Jssme.
The sweet June roses bung In crimson
clusters. «-
Beside the wall, and codded by the gate:
The clover blossoms shone In rose-red
lustres
In the wide meadows, where, like kings
in state.
The stately lillles lifted up their challoe
To catch the dew that fell from heaven'
each night;
And In that summer time I built a palace—
A stately palace, fair and snowy 'white.
were round my
all the place
sweet songs
FREIGHT AXD ACCOMMODATION.
.asva Charleston
Arrive Augusta
Leave Augusta
Arrive Charleston
Down Leave Blackville
Up Leave Blackville
Connects at Branchville with
Columbia.
7.40 a m
9.85 p m
G.tNi a m
fi.15 p m
10.24 am
4.56 p m
Train for
Magnolia Passenger Route.
TORT ROYAL RAILROAD, 1
Apocsta,G*., Jan 4, 1879. /
The following pwsenger schedule will be
operated on and after this date:
Baldoo 12 07 Down
Baldoe 3 30 Up
Allendale 12 30 Down
Allendale 8 00 Up
DAILY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Going South.
Leave Augfhat^^
Arrive at Yemasse®
Leave Yemsssce
Arrive Savannah
Leave Savannah
Arrive Jacksonville
Arrive Charleston
Leave Yemassee
Arrive Beaufort
Arrive Port RoykJ
Arrive August*
Leave Yemassee
Arrive temassee
Leave Savannah
Arrive Savannah
Leave Jacksonville
Leave Charleston
Arrive Yemassee
Leave Beaufort
Leave Port Loyal
10 CO a m
2 (6 p m
Opm
6 D 111
6 p in
0 a in
Opm
4o p in
02 p m
17 p m
30 p m
30 p ni
20 p m
2
4
4
8
9
2
4
4
6
1
1
10
10
c
A thousand singlug-Llrds
dwelling,
And fliwers blossomed
about.
And all day long the birds’
were swelling,
A nd balmy odors on the breeze stole out,
Oh! I was happy in that golden summer,
And thought not once of sorrow that
might be
Beside me on the morrow—a new-comer.
To steal my birds and blossoms all from
< mo
lt came—the sorrow that Is always wait-
„ iug
To enter every heart, following Joy’s
feet;
I wonder If a rest comes, fully compensat
ing
The pain and grief that sorrows e’er re
peat?
My blr's have never sung so full of sweet
ness—
My flowers never blossomed since that
J une,
When life to me seemed full of Joy’s com
pleteness,
And all the world seemed one sweet, ten
der tune.
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15 am
50 p m
15 a nt
00 p ji
23 a m
00 a m
Trains run through bet ween Augusta and
Savannah without change, tnkkihg close con
nection at Savannah with A. & G . K. R. train
4 for all points in Florida
Baggage checked through.
ftoF“Through tickets for sale at all princi
pal ticket offices.
Robert 0. Fleming,
General Superintendent.
J. S. Dataxt,
General Passenger Agent.
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P.
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ttr, Columbia & Augusta R
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
A 1 !! \rLotte, Columbia A Arorers R. R
General Passenger Department.
Columbia, 8. C .Dcc. 27,1878
The following passenger schedule will be
Operated on and after this date:
iVb. 1—Ni</hi Eicprcst, South.
Leave Charlotte 1:00 a m
Arrive Columbia G:00 a in
Leave Columbia 0.05 a m
Arrive Augusta 10:00 a in
No. 2—Night Etprm, North.
Leave Augusta^. 5:55 pm
Arrive Columbia .10:00 p m
Leave Columbia. 10:10 p m
Arrive Charlotte . 3:10 a m
No. 3—Day Nauevgrr, South.
Leave Charlotte. 11:27 a m
Arrive Colombia 4:10 p m
Leave Columbia...... 4:15pm
Arrive Augusta. 8:30pm
No. JPatsotijer, Norfh.
Leave Augusta.. 9;0$am
Arrive Columbia. 1:20 p m
Leave Colombia..... ......... 1:30 p m
Arrive Charlotte..,., 6:30 pm
Theee trains atop only at Fort Mill,
Rock Hill, Chester, Wlnnaboro, Ridge
way, LeesvlUe, Batesburg, Ridge
Spring, Johnston, Trenton and Gran-
Iteville. AH other stations will be re
cognized as flag stations.
T. D. KLINE, Sop’L
John R Macwurdo, Gen. Pas. Agent.
THE WANDERER'S RETURN.
Patter, patter, came the rain, stead
ily, heavily. “ Oh, what a dreary day
It is!” said Lottie Maynard, as she
looked up from her sewing, and gazed
out of the window of the old farm
house where she resided. > -
“Dreary enough,” replied her moth
er, in -a cheery voice, although her
spirits ware evidently depressed by
the gloom ; 0 but I hope it may clear
up before night-fall.”
“ I hope so too,” said Lottie, 44 for
you know, mother, I promised Emma
Brown I would spend this evening
with her, and I know she will feel so
disappointed if the rain prevents me
from going.”
“ Well, iny dear, if you cannot go,
you must not feel dissatisfied, but be
thankful that you have a good home
to shelter you from the storm without
How many poor creatures are exposed
to its fury, and perhaps have no home
In which to take refuge?”
“ I wonder where poor Charlie is to
night ?” said Lottie, sorrowfully.
“God only knows,” replied the mo
ther, drawing a deep sigh ; h"t I trust
nk> •tiuiicttug arms are around him,
wherever ha may me. It Is almost
three years now since he went away.”
“ Oh, I remember It all so well,” said
'Lottie; 44 you know, mother, he did
not come down to his breakfast that
momlcg and you sent me up to his
room to see if he was sick (for he never
needed calling) and when I opened his
door he was nowhere to be seen.”
“ Ho was a thoughtless, wayward
boy,” said his mother, tears starting
into her eyes, 44 but he was over kind
and affectionate toward his mother,
and I am afraid your father was rath
er too stf rn with him.”
“Do you think he will ever come
back?” said Lottie, in an earnest
voice. 44 Oh, how very giad we should
all be to sec him agaiu ; and I am
sure father would rejoice at his re
turn.”
house. Then a loud rap was heard at
the door, and she ran to open.it There
stood the poor man, the wet dripping
from his garments, and the cold wind
beating the rain In his face.
He made a low bow to Lottie, and
said in a beseeching tone—
“ It’s a very cold wet day. Would
you please aHow me to warm myself
by your Are a few minutes ?”
Mrs. Maynard waa not the woman
to refuse so reasonable a request, es
pecially when It came from one who
needed so very much what he asked.
And since her son ran away to sea.
her heart had always warmed toward
the 44 sons of the ocean,” although, R
was a rare sight to see one in their
part of the country, and consequently
It did not often lie in her power to be
friend them. So when this poor wan
derer came to her door shivering with
cold, and apparently so much in need
of warmth and refreshment, she was
not behind hand in her hospitality.
She told Lottie to set a chair for him
by the glowing stove, and also to set
out some food on the table near him,
of which he was cordially Invited to
partake.
After he seemed thoroughly warmed
and his hunger appeased, Mrs. May
nard turned to him, as be sat by the
Are, with averted face, and inquired
why he happened to be out on such an
inclement day.
_ “Why, you see, ma’am,” said the
stranger in a respectful voice ; 44 1 only
landed at Philadelphia the other day.
I’ve just returned from a long voyage,
and I’m on jay way to see an old
friend, who lives somwhere on this
road.”
" Have you been long at sea ?” asked
Mrs. Maynard.
“ Well, not more than three or four
years. I’ve made two voyages to China,
two or three to Europe, and this last
to the west coast_of t South America
and baeft, and now I think I shall set
tle down on land, for I’m about tired
of following the sea. It’s a hard life,
and you’re treated ’most like a dog.”
“ It’s a bard life, you say ?” said Mrs.
Maynard, sadly (sho was thinking of
her absent boy.) 44 1 suppose, in your
wanderings, you never met with a
young man by the name of Charles
Maynard, did you ?”
“ Charles Maynard! Charles May
nard 1” slowlv rnneated the' stranger
to himself. 44 Why, to b* ^
He sailed in the same ship with me
several times. I often heard him speak
of his good mother. Are you any re
lation to him, ma’am?”
"I am his own mother. He’s my
only son 1” cried Mrs. Maynard, the
tears gushing into her eyes, and start
ing to her feet, she advanced toward
the sailor. 44 Oh, tell me, where did
you see him last ? Where is he now ?
my poor boy ! Will he soon come
home ?’*
The stranger covered his face with
hie hand, whilo a deep sob heaved his
manly bosom. Then, uncovering his
face, the big tears rolling down his
cheeks, he looked, and said softly—
‘ 4 Mother, don’t you know your boy?
I am Chailie Maynard I’*-
A mother’s arms were instantly
thrown around him. A mother’s kiss
es fell thick and fajjfe,oa bis swarthy
Jefferson Ikavl* at Home.
Seventy-flve miles east of Nsw Or
leans, on the Now Orleans and Mobile
railway, is the little flag station of
Beauvo*r, about equidistant from Mis
sissippi City and Biloxi, favorite sea
side resorts of the wealthy residents of
New Orleans. Beauvoir Is the home
of Jefferson Davis. Entering the gate,
you pass across a lawn doited with
live oak and other trees festooned
with the picturesque Spanish moss.
Before you la a low and spacious man
sion painted white, with broad veran
das. At either side, a trifle nearer the
fence, is a small building, a sort of
pavilion.
While resting on the veranda wait
ing for your letter of Introduction to
be handed to the master, yonr eye
takes In the hospitable provisions for
caso afforded by several comfortable
rocking-chairs, a table and a settee.
Life here is al fresco. The broad hall
which goes through the house is open
to the breeze, but not to the ardent
sun, whose rays are Intercepted by the
veranda.
Here on the front veranda sits of a
morning the ex-Fresident of the South.
In full view is the Gulf dif Mexico, that
dazzling,
UADIANT EXPANSE OF SHIMMERING BLUJ.
Its summer waves glide softly to
break in lulling sound upon the white
and sparkling sand. Tho breeze is
laden whb the strange perfume of the
sea. It Is the land of the lotus-eaters,
where ’tls always afternoon.
I was soon summoned to the little
pavilion to the right of the mansion.
This building is divided Into two parte.
The rearward is occupied by an ancient
and favorite negro servant, whose Idea
of housekeeping is to display his fur
niture and tools on his little veranda.
He has a notion of raising vegetable
odds and ends in boxes, and bis vagar
ies excite but a smile. No one dreams
of interfering, even for the sake of
order, with the privileges of this anci
ent servitor.
The front portion of the pavilion is
occupied by Mr. Davis as a library and
study. Here I found him, slightly in
disposed and lying upon a lounge.
His manner Is genial and very kindly,
with that charming courtesy charac
teristic of the high-bred Southern gen
tleman.
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>avls na
JSavannah ami Charleston Railroad Co.
7 CHANGE €>F SCHEDULE.
January 1, 1879.
The foll»wIng Schedule is in effect at this
date: ,
Fcut Mail, Daily.
Leave Charleston - - « - 715 a. n».
Arrive at Savannah -. - - 1 00 p. m.
Arrive Port Royal - - * 4 17 p. m.
Arrive Jacksonville » - % . 6 36 a. m.
|ririve at Augusta - - - . 6 30 p.m.
ivannah .... 3 15 p. m.
harlcstoo • • » 9 00 p. nr
Night Train, Daily.
Leave Cl^rleeton - ’ • -8f 10 p.m.
Arrive Savannah • - - 6 40 a. m.
Leave Savannah « - - 9 00 p. m.
Arrive Charleston - - 8 00 a. m,
Pullman ears on all Night train*.
C. 8. GADSDEN, Engr. and Sqpt.
8. C-'Boit»T05, G, F, aadT. Agent.
“I am always hoping and praying
that he may return to be a blowing to fitw, and amid the exclamations of joy
us all yet,” *.ii I Mrs. Maynard. “ Of- from herself and Lottie, the poor wau-
ten I lie ttwako a great part of the
night, thinking about him. Sometimes
1 fear the cruel sea has swallowed him
up, and all the fond hopes that were
centered him. Then agaiu, hope whls-
derer felt that he was indeed welcome
at home again.
If ever there was a happy household.
It was Farmer Maynard’s on that me
morable evening. After a bountiful
pers that he yet lives, and will glad- popper (such as poor Charles had not
den our hearts again with his piesence.
And oh ! what a sweet thought It is i
I trust this trial may be blessed to us
all, for 4 God’s ways are not our ways,’
you know. It looks very dark now,
but light may dawn upon us, and All
our hearts with joy."
“ He is quite a young man now,” said
Lottie, medlatlvely.
44 Yes,” said her mother, ,4 and age
and experience often brings wisdom.”
Silence reigned for awhile, for both
mother and daughter seemed Inclined
to think rathe*- than talk. The big
drops of rain beat upon the window-
panes, and the wind whistled around
the snug dwelling, making them real
ize the comforts by which they were
surrounded. They thought of the dear
one far away, and wondered whether
he was shielded from the pitiless
stoims, and, above all, whether he
was safe from the many temptations
which beset the pathway of the young
and Inexperienced when they are out
in the cold and unfeeling world, away
from the benign Influence of home and
friends.
Suddenly Lottie exclaimed—
44 Oh, mother 1 do look at that poof
man walking In the middle of the road.
He must be drenched to the skin. I
wonder why he Is out on such a dread
ful day. Where can he be going ?”
“ Perhaps be Is on his ifay to some
farm-house to try aud procure woxk,”
said her mother.
“ He’s oomiog toward our gate,” said
Lottie, “ and he’s dressed like a sailor.
I wonder what he can want ?”
She watched him as he entered the
tasted since the time of his leaving
home,) they all knelt down and re'
turned thanks for the return of the
long-absent son and brother, and each
member of the family felt that a load
of sorrow bad been lifted from their
hearts, and joy Infused into their in
most souls.
Why CJeo. W. Williams Stopped
Selllag WhNkcy.
[Her. J. M Martin in Springfield Republican.J
When Geo. W. Williams, the Charles
ton millionaire, was a young man, he
became a partner in a wholesale gro
cery house in Augusta, Ga. The sale
of liquors was a leading feature and
principal part of the business carried
on by the Arm. The thing went on
until tho death of a man was traced
to a barrel of whiskey that had gone
out of that establishment. Being well
grounded in the principles of religion
and temperance, Wilhams was shocked
and distressed by the sad event, and
determined to free himself from fur
ther compflcley In the liquor trafic. He
put hto foot down on that branch of
the business, and declared that no
mors liquor should be sold by the firm
of which he was a member. Friends
remonstrated, alleging that the house
chiefly made its money through the
sale of liquors, and that If this trafflo
were discontinued the concern would
break. Williams stood firm, the sale
of liquors was abandoned, bat the bus
iness of the house, instead of declin
ing, Increased. Williams afterwards
removed to Charleston, and has been
steadily prosperous, until .he ranks
gate, and walked up the path to thqa among the richest men of the Boutb.
mr. Davis has yet a fresh and vigor
ous look. His hair, moustache and
whiskers are white in part, but bis eye
is bright and cheerful. His face, la
repose, Is almost severely iutollectual,
but tho smile which lights up his
mouth and his quietly cheerful laugh
dispel the flrst impression of coldness.
Few of our public men have the quiet
fascination of manner, the old-fashion
ed grace aod the charming conversa
tional power of Jefferson Davis. His
memory Is capacious and retentive.
One might, with a facile phonographic
pen, collect groat stores of reminis
cence from his lips.
I asked him if he was much visited
by newspaper men. He replied that
ho was not, for ha had made it an In
variable rule not to bo interviewed, and
of the repulses of reporters he gave
me several instances of an amusing
nature. “ Surely," he said, 4 * I who
am disfranchised, not eYen a citizen of
the United States and wisITno political
ambitions, may claim immunity from
the reporters.” The conversation
turned naturally upon the newspaper
press, and in his estimate of the jour
nals of the old school as compared
with the newer ucd “spicier” papers
of to-day, Mr. Davis showed an inti
mate knowledge of the history of jour
nalism in this country. Mr. Davis U a
pretty extencive newspaper reader.
I asked him if in working on his
memoirs he preferred the morning
hours for hie literary task. He said
that he did not; that he could work
belter evenings and was In fact a late
riser. “ I got enough of early rising In
the army in my younger days,” he
added.
THE MANUAL LABOR OF WRITING
was, be remarked, distasteful to him,
and he sought relief in dictation, al
though his thoughts came faster than
the pen of his amanuensis could secure
them. "The only person who could
ever wfrte fast enough for me,” bo
said, 44 was my chief clerk when I was
Secretary of War. He disliked compo
sition, and I equally disliked writing.
We wore, therefore, the complements
of each other.” The little library In
the pavilion la arranged very conveni
ently. A gallery mldffay up the
shelves makes it easy, by means of a
step-ladder, to handle books on the
topmost shelves! tfbe large library
which Mr. Davis possessed before the
war, was dispersed, the books in many
cases being scattered through the
woods. All of his present collection
are newly acquired. The lower shelves
are laden wltti the Oosgresslonal
Globes—an imperfect set, Mr. Davis
remarked—and the " American Arch
Ives.” Above are biographies in great
number and political histories, hand
books, etc. Earlv In the afternoon
lunch was servotf in the little library.
Whlls we ate, Mr. Davis talked pleas
antly of men and events in bygone
days. He has that rare cheerfulness
of humor which communicates itself to
hie auditors, and has besides a quietly
witty turn. What was said by
MR. DAVIS REGARDING POLITICS,
I am not at liberty to repeat. But I
may say that none of Mr. Davis’ judg
ments of men and things were tinged
with bitterness. Ho seems to discuss
politics from the serene r heights of
philosophic statesmanship. He Is tol
erant of all opinions, while earnestly
believing in the doctrine of State rights.
Without the States there could, he
said, be no Union, aud in local self-
government alone liee her safety.
Regarding certain matters which
were discussed In fbe course of the
day, I am privileged to speak. I asked
him if he thought the negro exodus
would assume formidable dimensions.
He said he did not attribute exagger
ated importance to the movement, nor
did he thlnK It a trifling matter. The
negroes are credulous and easily led.
Those who have gone to Kansas will
probably return, if they have the
menus , others think they will remain
only to die in that cold country. Some
of his negro laborers on hit Mississippi
River plantation went to Kansas, In
the outset of the ‘ 4 exodus.” They bad
asked his opinion of Kansas, and ho
had told them of its rigorous climate,
but had said to them, If they foil it to
be for their beet good to leave, to go
rather to a warmer region.
As an ip&tabca of negro credulity
Mr. Davis-belated to me the experience
of one 0! hia negroes to whom an agent
had sold a certificate for 35 entitling
the purchaser to take forty acres of
waste land. The poor fellow selected
a piece of ground and spent all of his
savings in Improving and stocking the
place. He had got the land Into a fair
state of cultivation, when the owner
catno along and told the negro to leave,
for it was his property. Thus the
poor, duped negro lost every cent he
had. Mr. Davis tbluks the return of
some of the Kansas emigrants will for
a time deter negroes from trying their
fortune there, but he fears' that the
easy credulity of the negro may at any
time render him the victim of some
cruel scheme.
Mr. Davis said that (here Was a
great deal of excellent land la Missis-
^ ftt w - ~ - — ——- _
ral government which the negroes
might buy very cheaply. He believe!
that, apart from the white man, tho
negro will cease to thrive, aud will re
lapse into barbarism. The races need
each other. Mr. Davis remarked that
It was impossible for a man who had
been reared apart from the negro to
have that same affection for him as is
felt by Souther* men, who have in
childhood been nursed by negroes,
been the playmates of negroes and
grown up with them.
The tendency of negroes In the State
of Mississippi, thinks Mr. Davis, is to
move on to the alluvial. They are
leaving the hills and going to tho river.
He advocates the Immigration to the
fertile hill country of Northern men,
who will, ho believes, be cordially wel
comed. - ■
Men of small capital can invest to an
advantage in fruit and vegetable cul
ture. Vine dreesers will do well The
thirty-second parallel of latitude, said
Mr. Davis, indicates the proper coun
try for the peach. Oo both sides of
this line the peach thrives. This par
allel runs nearly through Ylcksburg,
Jacksou and Meridian. Mr. Davis
spoke of the sure remuneration afford
ed by orange cultivation in lower Mis
sissippi. There were instances of trees
bearing 5,000 oranges, or at the rate of
350 a tree. “ But to be moderate,” he
said, "let us say from 1,000 10 2,000
oranges per tree; here Is from 310 to
320 return.” Fig culture is practica
ble on a large scale, and he would ad
vise the canning of this fruit for the
market. He had, he said, seen the
blue Celeste flg candy on the trees. In
speaking at some length on grape cul
ture, Mr. Davis remarked that tho
Scupperuong is the variety best adapt
ed to the coast
The yellow fever Mr. Davis regards
as a deterrent in Northern Immigra
tion, but the fever, he says, Is ah exo
tic, and probably a rigid quarantine
will in the future diminish the chances
of hs appearance.—Boston Herald.
Itomun ce (if tfe FroKilfcf.
A half century ago ^ large part of
the people of the United States llvedlff
houses unpalnted, unplaetefed and ut
terly devoid of adornment A well-fed
fire In the yawning chasm of a huge
chimney gave partial warmth to a sin
gle room, and it was a common remark
that the inmates were roasting one side
while freezing the other; in contrast, u
majority of ■ the people of the older
States now live In houses that are clap-
boarded, painted, blinded and comfort
ably warmed. Then, the household
furniture con-ilsted ol a few plain chairs,
a plain table, a bedstead made by the
village carpenter. Carpets there were
none. To-day, few are the homes, In
city or country, that do not contain a
carpet of some sort, while the average
laborer by a week’s work may earn
enough to enable him to repose at
night upon a spring bed. -
Fifty years age the kitchen 44 dress
ers ” were set forth with a shining row
of pewter plates. The farmer ate with
a buck-handled knife and an Iron or
pewter spoon, but the advancing civili
zation has sent the plate and spoons to
tbs melting pot, whilo knives and forks
have given place to nlckle or silver-
plated cutlery.
In those days the utensils for cook
ing were a dinner-pot, tea-kettle, skil
let, Dutch oven and frying-pan \ to-dsy
there is no end of kitchen furoliure.
The people of 1830 sat In the evening
in the glowing light of a plteh-knot Ore,
or read their weekly nowspapers by the
flickering light of a •• tallow dip ” ; now,
In city and village, their apartments are
bright with the flame of the gas-jet or
the softer radiance of kerosene. Then
If the fire went out upon the hearth, It
was rekindled by a coal from a neigh
boring hearth, or by flint, steel and Un
der. Those who indulged In pipes and
cigars, could light them snly by some
hearthstone; to-day we light Are and
pipes by the dormant fireworks in the
match safe, at a cost of one-hundredth
of scant.
In those days we guessed the hour
of noon, or ascertained it by the creep
ing of the sunlight up loth# 44 noon
mark ” drAwn upon the floor; only the
well-to-do could afford a clock. To
day who does not carry a watchl And
as for clocks, you may purchase them
at wholesale, by the cart-load, at sixty-
Fifty years ago, how many dwellings
were adorned with pictures? How
many are there now that do not display
a print, engraving, chromo or litho
graph ? How many pianos or parlor
organs were there then ? Reed organs
were not invented till 1840, and now
they are in every village.
Borne who may read this article will
remember that In 1830 the Bible, the
almanac and the few text-books used
In school were almost the only volumes
of the household. The dictionary was
a volume four Inchos square aod an
inch aud a half in thickness. In some
of the country villages a few public
spirited men bad gathered libraries
containing from three to five hundret
volumes; In contrast, the public Hb
raries of the present, containing more
than ten thousand volumes, have an
aggregate of 10,650,000 volumes, not
including the Sunday-school and prl
rate libraries of.the country. It
J
White the older civilization of tbs
East is excited over the eccentric tastes
of well-bred young women who pr!fcf»
for husbands car drivers and coach
men to tbs tnen of mors polite posi-r—
tlon/ th! newer and cruder aodety of ^
the frobtler baa been enjoying 00 Its
own account a little romantic sensa
tion, £he end of which has not yet
come. In the deVenth Cavalrystatlon-
edat Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota,
there Is an Unlisted man, Cbarles Meil-
er, whose good looks hava not only
made many of the laundnMses’ hearts
llatter, but have exerted an Influence
n all the towns neaf which hia troop
has been stationed. Recently there
cams to Blsmarclt Mr. ifrank C. Mel
ville, a prominent aod wealthy mer
chant of St Paul, Minn., and with him
came fils daughter, a girl of eighteen,
who Is spoken of as quite beautiful la w
person and the possessor of many
graceful accomplishment#. Mr. Mel
ville came to Bismarck to start a flout
mill, and while he waa engaged In the
occupation his daughter amused her
self with the limited society that th*
place affords. Everyone knows whnt(
belle an accomplished girl can be
when she Is visitiog at or near a fron-.
tier military post, and Miss Melville
was not an exception to the well-prov<
en rule, for neirera day passed that
several young officers did not dls-
mountjp front of her dona,
theee young mea, It Is generally
thought, was seftously smitten aod
pressed his suit with much persever
ance. Miss Melville, however, waa not
captivated by the glitter of 4 shoulder
strap, nor did d chevron stay her free '
eyes. New Year’s eve a ball waa given
at which, Id the characterise!# West- '*
ern way, people of many social grades ’*
met and mingled on the floor. There
Miss Melville met the handsome MclN
ler, who received so much encourage
ment that he met her secretly after- ♦
wards, and the acquaintance ilpened
Into an engagement which the other
day culminated lu an elopement to
Jamestown, where the couple were
married. The announcement of tbs
marriage created more commotion lu
the garrison than many an Indian as
sault has done, the men a! a rule look
ing upon the affair much as “Dick
Deadeye” did upon M Ralph Rack-
cere took somewhat the same view
that “Sir Joseph Porter” did of tiiP*i
fair “Josephine’s” defection. Meliier
and his wife returaed to his poet after
^he ceremony and the bridegroom waa
properly sent to the guardhouse for
being '* absent without leave and for
conduct prejudicial to good order and
military discipline.” Mr. Melville has
taken his daughter to St. Paul, but
before going he had an Interview with
Melller aod, while forgiving him, 4
promised to eXert his influence to sef
cure the discharge of his daughter’s
husbaud from the United State* ser- 4
vloe.—New York World.
ABOlher New Dtpartwre.
The following Is taken from a New
York correspondence that appeared la
the News and Courier 1
Our Hebrew friends, especially those’
of the orthodox branch, are much ex-'
erclsed over the new departute pro-
estimated that altogether tha number pf)<<J<i „ tb< , rMh , M , b „ Trar ,|„.
A correspondent says : The insect
question Is a very important one; they
will destroy us If we don’t them. Tho
f flowing modes I use as occasion de
mands, and- never fall: Melon and cu
cumber bugs like radish leaves better
than any other kind. I sow a few rad
ish seeds in each and never lose a plant.
Earth-worms, cut-worms, white grubs,
and, in fact, all soft-bodied iirorms, are
easily driven out by salt sown broad-
oast You can do no harm with ten bu
shels to the acre, but a half bushel is
ample. Dry slacked lime is also ef
fectual.
Georgia, Delaware and Booth Caro
lina are the only States that are wholly
represented by native born Congress
men.
of volumes accessible to the public U
not lees than 20.000,000 l Of Webster’s
and Worceitor’s dictionaries, It may
be said that enough have been pub
lished to supply one to eveiy one hun
dred inhabitants of the United States.
—Atlantic Monthly.
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Too NXiich Colton.
We have repeatedly warned our peo
ple against the mistake they make in
tho over production of cotton. It
seems that they are determined, how
ever, and persist in their error. In
tho early spring a momentary rise in
the price of the staple is sure to mis
lead the majority of our farmers and
the failure of one year Is succeeded by
that of the neit and euch has been the
history of cotton planting in this Btate
since the war, until our farmers are
poorer than they ever were. Just now
and for some weeks back there has
been a considerable rise In the cottou
market aud the farmers have thereby
been encouraged to plant larger crops
thau they had at flrst Intended, and
are disposed to make heavy bills with
the merchants upon the false and mis
leading presumption that cotton will
bring a big pi ice in the fall. Tb.« only
way to avoid the fatal consequences of
present extravagance Is for the farm
ers to religiously refrain from buying
anything more *‘ on time ” than their
actual nccessUiee require, The price
of cotton in the fall will very probably
be lower than U baa been at any time
during the present season—everything
Is going down, prices are not more than
half what they were a year or two ago,
and It Is unfair to snppose that cotton
will go up and everything alee down.
The most rigid economy and nothing
else can save our farmers from abso
lute bankruptcy. Without the farm
er# Of the country will all go down un
der the crushing weight of their liabil
ities and the people will be-sold to a
slavery of debt under the bheriff’s
hammer. -Abbeville Medium.
Erdanuel on Fifth Avenue. It seems
likely that the day of worship will be
changed from Saturday to Sunday.
Most of the worshippers in the Tem
ple Emanuel are of tbd clase of Jews
who attend to buslnewon Saturday
just as other people do and they find
It inconvenient to give part of the day
to religious service. They do not sew'
why the Christian Sabbath would not)
answer just os well, and they propose
to substitute It for their own. Rabbi
Gotthiel, the poster of the Temple,
whoee sympathies are with the pro
gressive element of bis people. Is in
favor of the change. He thinks the
attendance at service would be much
larger 00 Sunday than en- Saturday,
because business would not then In
terfere at all The old-fashioned Jewa
are indignant at this additional symp
tom of weakness on tho part of their
“ progressive ” brethren, and some of
them even denounee the Temple Eipaii-
uel people as renegades and apostates.
But those people cut loose from ortho
dox Judialem long ago.* They aie'
j ews (according to the old standard)
only In tmtfie. They observe scarcely
[any of the okl forms, and they pay
very little mofe attention lo the 8aIm
bath than free thinking #0-called Ohifc*.
tains pay to Sunday. Nearly all ti e
Jewish brokers and merchants are at
their places of business on Saturday
just as regularly os on Monday. Most
of tbeea are lu favor of dropping the
old-fashioned Sabbath altogether, acd
opening the temp lee en Sunday in
stead. At present it seems very prob
able that the change wfll be made, and
that it will soon begin at the fashion
able Fifth Avenue Temple.
The flrst cat load of newTexaa wheat,
was shipped from Enuls 00 Wednesday
last,